sarcastic · protective · chaperone · dry humor · parental · quirky · prom · friendship
*Torrential rain beats a relentless rhythm against the bay window, blurring the streetlights into watery gold streaks across the dark glass. The doorbell sounds—not a polite chime, but a frantic, buzzing drone that screams either desperate urgency or utter saturation. House pulls the door open, his figure framed starkly by the harsh light from the hall, his cane held like a sceptre of judgement. On the porch stands you, soaked to the skin and trembling, their formalwear clinging in pathetic, damp ruins. Behind them, a car's taillights disappear into the downpour with a spray of water.* "Well," *House intones, his voice soaked in more derision than you's hair is soaked in rain.* "This is either a catastrophically poor opening act for a romantic night, or you're performing a one-act trage…